The first table shows (i) the number of households accepted as owed the main homelessness duty, and (ii) this number as a percentage of total households in the area, for each London borough for the last 10 financial years (from 1997-98 to 2006-07).
Information on numbers of households, rather than people, is reported each quarter by local authorities about their activities under homelessness legislation, and includes the number of households accepted by local authorities as eligible for assistance, unintentionally homeless and in priority need, and therefore owed a main homelessness duty. The duty owed to an accepted household is to secure suitable accommodation.
The second table shows (i) the total number of households on local authorities’ housing waiting lists (i.e. not just those that are homeless), and (ii) this number as a percentage of total households in the area, for each London borough for the last 10 calendar years (from 1997 to 2006).
Local authorities in England report the numbers of households on their housing waiting list as at 1 April in their annual Housing Strategy Statistical Appendix returns. Not everyone on the waiting list is necessarily in urgent housing need. The waiting list includes those who consider social housing as their preferred or one of a number of housing options, and those who decide to get onto the waiting list ladder before they need or want to move house—particularly where the priority system is heavily based on waiting time. Note that the figures include all households on the waiting list, and not only those that are homeless.
(i) Number of households accepted1 as owed a main homelessness duty during the year, 1997-98 to 2006-07 1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 Barking and Dagenham 65 257 230 234 346 595 667 775 345 1— Barnet 872 1,027 1,103 1,159 1,112 2— 1,084 758 2— 471 Bexley 285 319 275 359 454 468 365 430 270 251 Brent 1,164 2— 1,040 1,146 1,236 1,039 897 795 813 738 Bromley 610 728 839 881 785 865 873 2— 718 621 Camden 1,422 1,555 1,338 1,021 1,120 1,290 1,648 1,148 697 322 City of London 44 53 64 17 12 31 22 31 19 12 Croydon 2— 814 1,219 1,886 1,198 1,291 1,240 1,126 581 340 Ealing 1,068 1,016 989 1,026 860 1,001 1,094 789 662 442 Enfield 743 754 793 1,007 1,143 1,186 1,085 2— 852 768 Greenwich 1,270 1,403 1,242 1,227 1,217 1,003 1,246 1,157 970 610 Hackney 676 705 963 2— 2— 1,136 2— 1,153 2— 774 Hammersmith and Fulham 598 709 895 918 805 811 644 653 430 443 Haringey 1,157 975 2— 1,436 1,138 2— 2— 1,175 1,128 585 Harrow 690 720 670 701 444 400 264 96 120 159 Havering 283 2— 2— 2— 2— 180 452 200 2— 264 Hillingdon 932 914 686 1,003 1,119 933 735 461 396 311 Hounslow 858 2— 1,003 945 1,383 852 691 891 674 466 Islington 949 2— 1,298 1,556 1,428 1,314 2— 1,130 2— 686 Kensington and Chelsea 594 2— 533 658 593 410 476 589 299 269 Kingston upon Thames 437 2— 306 421 2— 448 418 2— 2— 230 Lambeth 779 1,039 1,124 1,110 1,470 1,651 1,545 1,644 1,277 735 Lewisham 2— 1,085 1,248 2— 1,102 1,170 1,502 1,245 1,097 744 Merton 186 205 242 168 173 156 204 261 215 107 Newham 2— 1,383 1,411 1,596 1,449 1,433 1,519 2— 1,422 428 Redbridge 322 302 450 2— 437 2— 806 2— 599 410 Richmond upon Thames 584 633 432 343 399 325 316 279 254 152 Southwark 890 1,204 1,614 1,702 1,317 1,827 1,540 1,668 1,039 723 Sutton 274 299 513 429 462 429 312 272 219 215 Tower Hamlets 971 1,070 1,130 1,282 1,401 1,617 1,657 1,151 789 864 Waltham Forest 880 2— 856 1,024 1,121 1,140 1,025 800 769 696 Wandsworth 440 2— 2— 886 927 1,072 1,036 840 680 589 Westminster 1,266 1,152 1,074 1,176 1,132 1,117 1,112 970 662
Percentage 1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 Barking and Dagenham 0.1 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.9 1 0 1 2 0.5 2— Barnet 0.7 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 2— 0.8 0.6 2— 0.4 Bexley 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.3 0.3 Brent 1.3 2— 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.7 Bromley 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.7 2— 0.6 0.5 Camden 1.7 1.9 1.6 1.2 1.2 1.4 1.7 1.2 0.7 0.3 City of London 1.4 1.5 1.7 0.4 0.3 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.2 Croydon 2— 0.6 0.9 1 .4 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.4 0.2 Ealing 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.4 Enfield 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.0 2— 0.8 0.7 Greenwich 1.5 1.6 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.1 1.3 1.2 1.0 0.6 Hackney 0.9 0.9 1.2 2— 2— 1.3 2— 1.3 2— 0.9 Hammersmith and Fulham 0.9 1.0 1.3 1.3 1.1 1.1 0.8 0.8 0.5 0.6 Haringey 1.3 1.1 2— 1.6 1.2 2— 2— 1.2 1.2 0.6 Harrow 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.6 0.5 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.2 Havering 0.3 2— 2— 2— 2— 0.2 0.5 0.2 2— 0.3 Hillingdon 1.0 1.0 0.7 1.0 1.2 1.0 0.7 0.5 0.4 0.3 Hounslow 1.1 2— 1.2 1.2 1.6 1.0 0.8 1.1 0.8 0.6 Islington 1.2 2— 1.7 2.0 1.7 1.6 2— 1.4 2— 0.8 Kensington and Chelsea 0.9 2— 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.3 0.3 Kingston upon Thames 0.8 2— 0.5 0.7 2— 0.7 0.7 2— 2— 0.4 Lambeth 0.7 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.2 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.1 0.6 Lewisham 2— 1.1 1.2 2— 1.0 1.1 1.4 1.2 1.0 0.7 Merton 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.1 Newham 2— 1.7 1.6 1.8 1.6 1.5 1.6 2— 1.5 0.5 Redbridge 0.4 0.3 0.5 2— 0.5 2— 0.9 2— 0.6 0.4 Richmond upon Thames 0.8 0.9 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.2 Southwark 0.9 1.2 1.6 1.7 1.2 1.7 1.4 1.5 0.9 0.7 Sutton 0.4 0.4 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 Tower Hamlets 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1 .8 2.0 2.0 1.4 0.9 1 .0 Waltham Forest 1.0 2— 1.0 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.1 0.9 0.8 0.8 Wandsworth 0.4 2— 2— 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.5 Westminster 2— 1.5 1.4 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.6 1 Households eligible under homelessness legislation, found to be unintentionally homeless and in a priority need category, and consequently owed a main homelessness duty. 2 Denotes data not reported Note: Mid-year estimates. 2005-06 and 2006-07 figures based on latest mid-year estimate (2004) Source: CLG P1E Homelessness returns (quarterly)